• Funding Secured to Design Defense Against Erosion at Old Fort Niagara

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is planning critical defenses against erosion for Old Fort Niagara, part of a project to stabilize a portion of the Lake Ontario shoreline. With funding recently transferred from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation – the project’s non-federal sponsor – the district is starting a $760,000 design phase.
  • Army Corps begins Swinomish maintenance dredging Sept. 9

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' routine maintenance dredging in Swinomish Channel, a federal navigation channel located between the eastern shore of Fidalgo Island and the mainland at the western edge of Skagit County, Washington, is scheduled to begin Sept. 9, 2024.
  • Geologists and historians trek muddy shores to protect Monongahela River’s cultural heritage

    As Joe Dunbar stepped from the boat onto shore, his leather shoes sunk immediately into the mud.
  • Repair Quality Assessment: Spiral 4

    Abstract: The Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR), Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program developed, demonstrated, and transitioned a repeatable capability for rapidly repairing bomb-damaged craters at adaptive base locations using logistically friendly technologies, indigenous materials, and less manpower than traditional crater repair methods. Within the E-ADR JCTD program, quality assessment took a major role to ensure quality repairs were performed while meeting the requirements of “just enough, just in time.” Repair criteria for backfill compaction and surface cap quality were developed through extensive testing. These criteria were incorporated into an easy-to-use and deployable smartphone application, the E-ADR Repair Assessment (ERA) application. This report focuses on the backfill quality assessment criteria development, roughness tolerance of surface caps checking procedure, and the development of the ERA application. The criteria and the ERA application both proved successful in the expedient evaluation of backfill and surface cap materials.
  • USACE Chief of Engineers signs Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study Report

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla (Aug. 14, 2024) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon signed the Chief’s Report Aug. 14, 2024, for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. today.
  • USACE, SFWMD begins implementation of schedule adjustments intended to restore hydrologic conditions within Kissimmee River Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District in coordination with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) begins implementation of the Increment one Planned Temporary Deviation to the Interim Regulation Schedule for Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress (Lakes KHC), Aug. 14, 2024 which includes adjustments to the regulation schedule for these lakes.
  • USACE Chief of Engineers signs Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study Report

    Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report August 14, 2024, for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
  • USACE’s Santa Rosa Lake office recruiting volunteers for National Public Lands Day event scheduled for Sept. 28, 2024

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District at Santa Rosa Lake, N.M., is recruiting volunteers for its annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.
  • Deep Creek Bridge Closure for Maintenance

    USACE closes Deep Creek Bridge for Maintenance on 18 August 2024.
  • USACE, GCPD Sign Design Agreement for Coastal Texas Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) and the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) signed a Design Agreement, August 14, 2024, to partner on the design of the Coastal Texas Project (CTX), specifically the Galveston Bay Storm Surge Barrier System and Ecosystem Restoration feature G-28.